The next day, Hestia Familia.
The early morning sunlight streamed through the window, and Leo threw off the covers and got out of bed.
"You're living the good life now too."
Looking at his good brother who had also just woken up, Leo felt a sigh of emotion while getting dressed.
Before defeating the Suma Familia, his financial situation was never very good; he couldn't afford to send his brothers to school, so they could only stay in kindergarten.
Now that he had won the War Game and taken over the Suma Familia, he was finally well-off enough to pay tuition so his good brother could graduate kindergarten and start elementary school.
"Mmm~ Good morning, Lord Leo."
Seemingly sensing the movement beside him, Lily woke up groggily and greeted him.
The thin blanket slipped off her delicate body, revealing a stretch of snow-white spring scenery that was a feast for the eyes.
"Good morning, Lily."
Leo finished dressing: "You don't have to work today. Rest at home and take a break."
"Eh? But regarding the recipe..."
"I will take care of the recipe situation,"
Leo interrupted Lily's words and replied.
Although everyone was LV1, not all LV1s were the same.
Relying on his powerful physical fitness, Leo could recover after only sleeping for two hours.
However, Lily, who had been tossed around all night, clearly couldn't recover as quickly as he could.
"Working while dragging fatigue around is not only inefficient but will also affect the next day."
"If you really want to help, then rest at home today and adjust your condition before working again."
"...Okay, Lily understands."
Facing Leo's reasoning, Lily hesitated for a moment before nodding and lying back down.
In fact, she was truly exhausted right now.
After a night of bloody fighting, Lily felt like her body had fallen apart.
Forget about getting up to work; whether she could even stand steady now was a question.
Watching Leo leave, Lily pulled the blanket over her head and sank back into a deep sleep.
On the other side, after leaving the room, Leo suddenly felt a strange sensation rise in his mind, as if someone was softly calling his name by his ear.
"He chose quite the time to call."
Passing by Hestia's room, Leo pushed the door open, found a place to sit down.
Following the call in his mind, Leo's consciousness gradually sank, bringing him to the Mist Plaza.
"Yo! Me from DanMachi, long time no see!"
At the very center of the Mist Plaza, Demon Slayer Leo waved hello.
DanMachi Leo rubbed his hands, sat down on a chair: "It has been a while since we last met. Why haven't you been coming to the meetings lately? We thought you were dead."
"Damn it! Can't you wish something good for me!"
"Can't be helped, your absence has been too severe."
Since Demon Slayer Leo's first absence, nearly half a month had passed in the DanMachi World.
Because of the blessing system, DanMachi Leo held meetings every day to gather everyone else.
During these days, Demon Slayer Leo was like a man who had vanished into thin air, never showing up once.
"Since you aren't dead, you must have been holding out on something big by not coming to the meetings for so many days, right?"
"Heh heh~ As expected of me, you really get it."
Demon Slayer Leo let out a strange chuckle: "Me from DanMachi, quickly guess what I've learned?"
"Transparent World?"
"Uh, that's too difficult."
"Thunder Breathing?"
"No way, bro, can you lower your standards a bit?"
Demon Slayer Leo couldn't hold it in any longer and directly announced the answer: "In these days I was in seclusion, I learned Total Concentration Breathing - Constant."
"...And then?"
"That's it, isn't that enough?"
"Uh, how should I put this."
DanMachi Leo scratched his head: "I thought you were holding out on something big, but it turns out you just dropped a massive load."
Demon Slayer Leo: "?"
Dropped a massive load?
Demon Slayer Leo frowned, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.
"What's the situation? Did I fall behind the version update?"
"To be precise, you've fallen behind three versions during the days you were in seclusion."
"Damn it! Is that true or not!"
Demon Slayer Leo quickly leaned over and patted DanMachi Leo's shoulder.
Total Concentration Breathing, JoJos Bizarre Adventure Leo shared Ripple techniques, and also awakened Current Propulsion using a magic book...
With the help of the Mist Space, a torrent of memories flooded into Demon Slayer Leo's mind.
After digesting all that information, he stood frozen in place, dumbfounded.
"No way... this..."
"Now you know why I said you just dropped a massive load."
DanMachi Leo shrugged.
The so-called Breathing Technique was essentially a special way of breathing.
And Total Concentration Breathing - Constant referred to changing one's breathing method, integrating the breathing frequency of the Breathing Technique into instinct, maintaining the Breathing Technique's frequency even during sleep without fluctuation.
This was no simple feat.
The breathing frequency of a Breathing Technique would exert a certain pressure on the body; even DanMachi Leo from half a month ago couldn't maintain it constantly.
But times were different now.
Having obtained JoJos Bizarre Adventure Leo's physical fitness and grinding his LV1 durability to SS-rank, let alone the original Thunder Breathing, even an enhanced version of Thunder Breathing couldn't exert pressure on DanMachi Leo.
Under this premise, DanMachi Leo sought guidance from Take-Mikazuchi and only took three days to reach the realm of Total Concentration Breathing - Constant.
"Don't play mysterious next time. You were missing for so long just to drop a massive load. Do you know how hard I worked to keep from laughing?"
"You didn't hold back a damn thing!"
Demon Slayer Leo finally snapped back to his senses and rolled his eyes at DanMachi Leo: "You were clearly laughing the whole time, you never stopped."
"I didn't let out a sound! I already gave you a lot of face, okay? If it were Chef Leo or JoJos Bizarre Adventure Leo, they wouldn't be so reserved."
"I think I heard someone calling me."
"Me too."
As Leo finished speaking, two voices came from the the mist not far away.
...PS: The DanMachi plot is temporarily over. Next, I will edit about the Demon Slayer plot.